San Diego, CA
Magnitude 3.6 earthquake lightly shakes most of San Diego County
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake broke 11 miles north-northwest of Julian at 3:40 a.m. Friday, producing mild shaking that was broadly felt throughout San Diego County, in accordance with the U.S. Geological Survey.
The temblor seems to have occurred on the Earthquake Valley fault, the identical system that produced a 3.5 quake on Might 9, mentioned San Diego State College geologist Tom Rockwell.
The USGS mentioned Friday’s shaking was felt as far west as San Diego and Fallbrook and as far north as Palm Springs. The quake additionally was felt to the south, in Pine Valley.
The fault “is just not anticipated to provide a big earthquake within the close to future, because it doubtless ruptured in 1890 or 1892,” Rockwell mentioned in a scientific journal article revealed earlier this week.